undiminished
not reduced
affinity
sympathy
eccentricities
instances of strangeness
indefinable
difficult to define
ignorance
lack of knowledge
standstill
a stop
transfigure
change
merriment
happiness
discernible
visible
tremulous
nervous
congenial
compatible
persecutions
ill-treatment
consecrated
bless, make holy
catacomb
an underground cemetery
indispensable
required
endowment
donation of money
profane
non-religious
magnanimity
generosity
relinquish
give up
peculiarity
abnormality
sylvan
made of wood
incrusted
covered with
caper
dance
unfathomable
unscrutable